The political climate in this country

This is going to be a hard question to answer without getting a lot of responses that say "this party does this and this and this" and "that party does that and that and that". I think that we need more parties to be represented in the primary debates, and that may create a more diverse atmosphere for everyone, instead of just limited to the two big parties.

I don't know. I think many of them have lost sense of what they are in office for. We either have those whose arrogance know no bounds or we have those who want what they want without consideration for the people who voted for them. I just want NOT to be disappointed in who I voted for.

Because we are a nation that loves sports teams. We will categorize everything into the terms of a team. With high school sports we create these rivalries with the neighboring cities high school. With college sports we create rivalries with either other interstate colleges or neighboring state's colleges. With professional sports it is any team that plays with in your teams division. Same thing we have created team Democrats and team Republican, they even have mascots just like sports teams. We cheer for politicians just like we cheer for a sports player, and when they fail us we become angry at them and demand their benching.

You're right, the climate in this country is downright scary and I don't see much hope of it getting better anytime soon. I'm not ready to say that "every" politician is rotten, I honestly believe there are some decent men and women in government who really have their hearts in the right place. I'm also not going to blame everything about the mood in the country on the politicians. We have plenty of people from the media who feed off any kind of controversy or "conspiracy theory". They like to stir things up, which is a good thing to a certain extent but I'm talking about inciting violence. I KNOW we're responsible for our own actions and if someone commits an act of violence it's not directly the fault of someone on TV or the radio but when someone is ready to go over the edge all they need to do is turn on the TV or radio to get pushed the rest of the way. As for why we get caught up in all this "party BS", you sure got me! I seriously don't judge people by what party they're from. I know it's mostly Democrats that I support and I take A LOT of heat for that here, but it's not about the party, it's about the individuals and where they stand on the issues. I do have to say that lately the Republicans haven't been individuals, they've been speaking in one voice and I seriously doubt if most of them really care about what's best for the country or their constituents, their only goal is to bring the Democrats and especially the President down. I'm not defending the Democrats, some of them have really infuriated me especially lately, but I must say they haven't all banded together, far from it in fact. The "grandstanding" and the ugliness is what bothers me the most. Come on, guys, disagree with each other but at least respect one another on the House floor! All this talk about "armaggedon" and comparisons of a health care bill to 9/11 and Normandy is outrageous. All the Hitler references are too. Whatever happened to compromising and debating each other like grown-ups? I know I sound like a broken record but we need campaign finance reform in the WORST way and to ban corporate and special interest lobbyists. If not, even if most of the current members of Congress get kicked out in the next election they'll all show up next year as high-paid lobbyists to start working on whoever takes their place and the cycle will start all over again. Annie

In all honestly, I don't understand it. People just can't be civil anymore. I respect other's opinions, even if I disagree. I wish other's would do the same. People listen to the talking heads and think they need to get outraged. The facts aren't often correct, or, if they are, the news commentators twist them to fit their needs. This happens on both sides. I wish people would just be a bit more respectful of each other. Today's political climate is just sad. I remember standing outside Good Morning America on election day holding a sign supporting my candidate of choice. We were supposed to be in two separate groups, one for each side. The people from the other side came over and started hitting us with yard signs. We didn't even say anything bad about their party. :/

political is the most complex and hard issue ive ever meet. that is the art of how to control people,and protect the people supporting u from other party's lure and temptation. is it hard enough?so if u wanna deal the second thing ,u should throw mud at your rival in case of the neutral support them^…^ lol~